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The latest Oskitone instrument is also an adorable recon mission into the big world of microcontrollers.
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Oskitone Makes an Atari Punk Console
A decapitated robot head? An extraterrestrial communicator? A specter summoner? Nope (and yep!), it's an APC!
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POLY555 Synth
I made a new Oskitone synth: the POLY555! It's an analog, 20 note, square wave synthesizer based on the 555 timer chip.
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buttonpusher: a Machine that Pushes Buttons
I made a machine to automate some of the boring parts of Animal Crossing, and it is very satisfying to me.
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Quick Tip: Hone In On the Perfect Fit with a "Goldilocks Array"
Designing 3D-printed parts that need to perfectly match the dimensions of something else can be arduous, because it'll often mean meticulously designing-then-printing-then-trying each individual iteration, ad infinitum...
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Unfocus
I wrote a script to prevent me from wasting too much time reading the news and Twitter. I wish that weren't necessary, but wataryagonnado, huh?
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Adventures in Self-Watering Planters (Part 1)
I (apparently!) have opinions about plant planters and made a variation of a self-watering planter that fits into household glass jars.
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Prototype Post-Mortem: Four-Step Octaved Sequencer
I abandoned a sequencer prototype to focus on Oskitone, then I finished it, and then I wrote about everything that was wrong with it. Cathartic!
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Build-A-Build-A-Synth
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OKAY 2 Synth
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Making Time-lapse Videos with an iPhone by Command Line
Here’s how I make the time-lapse videos for my Oskitone projects. It’s certainly not for everybody, but if your phone is the best camera you own and you’re not shy of the command line, maybe it could work for you!
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OKAY Synth
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Quick Tip: Avoid 3D-Printed Supports with Sacrificial Bridge
A cheap way to get minimal support without the mess or cleanup is to make a sacrificial, solid bridge over the cavity to ground the otherwise floating layers above.
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Quick Tip: Changing Colors on 3D Prints
Changing filament in the middle of a print is an easy way to get multi-color effects without a multi-extruder 3D printer. Here's a quick tip for cleaner looking color changes.
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Designing Potentiometer Knobs
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Uploading to OctoPrint by Command Line
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Early Experiments With 3D Printed Light Pipes
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Chord Synth
Inspired by a chord organ I had in high school, my 'chord synth' is a lo-fi analog interpretation with twelve oscillators, sixteen chords, and a wild jungle of routing jumper wires.
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Animation Easing in OpenSCAD
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Hello, F0
